1761 5 To assist him in cleaning, casting and redding, the Water-run or Aqueduct in question.
1813 W. Scott iii. xxviii. 175 When lo! a plashing sound he hears, A gladsome signal that he nears Some frolic water-run.
1908 J. O. Curwood i. 6 [He] walked along the narrow water-run that crept like a white ribbon between the lake and the island wilderness.